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When [[John Thomas Wilson]] returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience.  The text of the pencil engravings is as follows:
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When [[John Thomas Wilson]] returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog/shoe souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience.  The text of the pencil engravings is as follows:
  
 
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When John Thomas Wilson returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog/shoe souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience. The text of the pencil engravings is as follows:

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  LIBERATION
   MOOSBERG
   GERMANY
APRIL 24, 1945

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                          ROY BROOME
                          RT 3
                          COLUMBIA SC
H.A. MITCHELL          M Thompson
CHARLOTTSVILLE,        4-1-05, 93???
        VA             LONG ISLAND CITY
                       J. NELSON
                       BOX 83
                       FAIRHAVEN, V?

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H.G.M. STRUNK          D. WINNEGA
1408 FAIRVIEW          BOX 352
READING, PA            L'ANSE, MiC
    W. WILSON             JIM SUTTON
    CRAWFORD, ??          BOX 275(?)
JACK TRIPLET              CULVER CITY, CA
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W. Va

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      B-17F
      SWEET
        17
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   483 BOMB GP.
   815 BOMB Sq.
   FOGGIA, ITALY
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       1945
JAN. 17.  C.P.H. VA
FEB.  2.  ROCK OF GIB.
FEB.  5.  S. MARSE, FR.
FEB.  8.  ALGIERS, N. AF.
FEB. 12.  NAPLES, IT.
FEB. 17   FOGGIA, IT.
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KRIEGAFANGER
MAR. 14. LENTI, HUN
MAR. 19. BRATISLAVA
MAR. 20. VIENNA
MAR. 22, NURENBERG.
MAR. 23.
MAR. 25. NURENBERG
APR. 20  MOOSBERG, GER
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MAY 4. LANDSAUT, GY
MAY 6. REIMS, FRANCE
MAY 17.  ST. VALLERY
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